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cooling

cooling

60 2.1
A drop in temperature that makes something colder
  • noun
  • /ˈkuːlɪŋ/
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  • During the summer, the cooling of the air inside the building is essential for comfort.
  • heating and cooling
  • cooling rate
  • evaporative cooling

One could be so bold as to say that this cooling could be worse.

Examples

  • Others pump water through sprinkler heads that cast a cooling mist above their orchards.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Without cooling. it gets hot very fast.

  • And this must be a secondary cooling system.

  • Recently, processes have been developed that use cooling rates of tens of degrees per second for short times.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So that's how much cooling I can create, right?

  • The atmosphere too must readjust to the rapid cooling when the sun sets.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I'll be wrapped in a cooling blanket, bringing my core body temperature down to 86 degrees.

  • Memere and I regarded the new house, its vinyl siding and fresh blacktop cooling with the dusk.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The cooling process of the soup took longer than expected.

  • The cooling fan in my computer helps prevent overheating.

Synonyms

1 3.3

A drop in the temperature of something

is the everyday term for the same temperature change
cooldown
vscooling
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A short time when a machine gets colder after heavy use

is the broader process not a specific after use safety interval
chilling
vscooling
2.5

Making food or drink cold to keep it fresh

is the general process that can happen without intent

Antonyms

354 1.8

A rise in temperature that makes something hotter

23 1.0

The process of something becoming or being made warm

Compounds

cooling system
  • Specialized
17 3.3

A set of parts that remove heat to keep a machine or building cool

cooling tower
  • Specialized
4 4.5

A tall tower at a factory or power plant that cools water by letting some water evaporate

engine cooling system
  • Specialized
3.7

The system that removes heat from a car engine to stop overheating

4.6

A party to say goodbye to a home before moving out

How Cool

freezing
1.0
cold
1.0
cooling
60 2.1
coolness
6 1.0
chill
87 1.0

Surface Forms

cooling singular
coolings plural

Morphology

cooling = cool (transparent) = cool + ing

The meaning of 'cooling' is directly derived from 'cool' with the addition of the suffix '-ing', indicating the process of becoming cooler.

Etymology

Cooling comes from the simple word cool, which means 'not warm', plus the ending -ing that shows an action or process. So cooling is the action of becoming 'not warm' or a drop in temperature.